Does Assassin's Creed Mirage Understand Assassin's Creed?

[@geraltofrivia7448]

Honestly a big issue with valhalla is how non functional stealth was. Hopefully they fixed that in mirage (considering is the same engine and all). That's the most important thing to me!

[@HelminatorTV]

I think AC Origins had pretty functional stealth, id be fine if it operated in a similar way. Love the Geralt profile btw.

[@geraltofrivia7448]

@@HelminatorTV yeah. Origins had pretty good stealth. But rhis started as a valhalla dlc. And dlc usually utilize the same ai and system from the base game. I hope they put some effort into improving the stealth

[@salmankhan2739]

FACTS! Valhalla gave very little incentive to actually use stealth and parkour, seeing Mirage actually be stealth focused and parkour friendly is awesome!

[@Landshark4008]

Almost all AC games have been on the same “Anvil” Engine, but with tweaks and updates as time has gone on.

[@theangryimp1345]

Stealth is fine in valhalla.... pepole suck at it so thay say its not working.... its silly

[@jklxyy]

I like and really appreciate that they attempt to make an actual Assassin's Creed (as weird as it might sound because it should be the bare minimum). But what is the point of returning to the roots if they just do it for one game? That's the only real thing that really bugs me about this game. Plus the fact that he is teleporting during that Assassin focus ability, I think that Assassin Creed Mirage understands Assassins Creed or it at least tries to. The Story-Trailer looks promising and I genuinely like the direction they are heading with the story showing us Basims internal struggles and dealing with the creed and it's hipocrisies.

[@unc54]

I have a feeling that this is Ubisoft's attempt to go back to an annual release cycle for Assassin's Creed. But rather than pump out similar games every year like we used to see we're going to see genres cycled through. The classic formula, the RPG formula, and a new experimental formula (which seems to be Codename Hexe). If you look at Ubisoft's financial situation and how they seem to be planning their future, that seems like the path they're targeting. If it works out well they make all parts of their fanbase happy and are able to get a lot more money out of the brand than they are currently getting.

[@WordOfYah]

It’s the animus. He isn’t teleporting, I think it’s to portray that he moves so fast that the animus struggles to keep up with him, resulting in what appears to be teleportation. Clearly Ubisoft couldn’t be bothered or didn’t have to time to create an animation that rivals Arkham Knight in terms of badassery, so they did this.

[@jklxyy]

@@WordOfYah That makes sense

[@rakuloe]

Outside that a lot of fans wanted something like this again. Ive read somewhere that Mirage was actually going to be a DLC for Valhalla, but they had too much ideas and it was too different than Valhalla offered. So if thats true, it does make sense why they are going back. I think they did a goodjob with Origins, it was full of new stuff but in terms of story/character and gameplay is still had the assassins vibes. Which they lost in Odyssey and Valhalla.

[@salmankhan2739]

I know that Mirage will not be Peak AC or anything but I can see that there is a genuine attempt to go back to the roots and thats a step in the right direction in my book. So I'm being cautious but a bit more optimistic about it.

[@methatis3013]

Sadly, it will be the only such game for the forseeable future

[@theangryimp1345]

It might be peak AC People simp for unity now even if when it released everyone hated it and said it didn't understand AC. Me I think unity is trash but hay, if the hate youtubers who only like AC 2 say its good then it must be.

[@RedOtter100]

This reception is similar to Valhalla before it came out! The glorification it received as compared to years later my goodness. The very same people that hyped it at launch are the very same ones that trash it post launch. Just play the games you like and stop taking anyone’s opinion on stuff especially gaming seriously.

[@theangryimp1345]

@Loadedbrush23 not really valhalla is hated because female eivor was made cannon and it ruined the story made no sense to the sage lore and was all in all just ubisoft saying AC fans get lost because you're not woke enough. You're idea of why valhalla is disliked is very inaccurate.

[@theangryimp1345]

@@HandlesTheCyberman co op could be epic. Why valhalla didn't add it and have us play our jormsvikings is beyond me

[@flcc94]

This game is not about the fantasy of being an assassin anymore, it’s about the fantasy of playing a real assassins creed game

[@Philpot1992]

I'm not sure as i saw a clip recently of the character teleporting about between targets lol. I think this will be more silly and unrealistic than people think. I've been playing Unity and that feels like proper assassin like with its own animations not copied from the other games. Really want them to go back to that style.

[@Stealthful_]

For Assassin's Focus, I think we should give Ubisoft Bordeaux critical, but positive feedback to make it like the Fear Takedowns from the Arkham series. We should also urge them to add features like manual ejects and manual jumps. If we make a shout loud enough then Ubisoft Bordeaux surely will add these features on release or on a future game pass. It's all about how we go about these things. We as the fanbase and community of Assassin's Creed should influence the game that's being made for us, and the team at Bordeaux seems to be a part of this community, but we will have to make a splash to get their attention. I'd try to do something, a sort of a campaign, but I cannot because my influence is not nearly as big enough as other AC influencers, but I can leave this statement here so that someone may act, which might lead to a domino effect.

[@gamermagazin3116]

As i watched the avarage comments the problem is that the Ac community devided. Those who never realized that this kind of unrealistic gameplay isnt healthy to AC says it looks cool and "what is our problem they finally make an AC game. The probably wouldnt even have time to make animations because of the dense city....." and also: " Ac was never grounded because of the Isu" I may or may not use this feature but its one of the weakest part of the game thats for sure. At least canonically you dont teleport a i guess....

[@1313fina]

Manual jumps and manual ejects, please and thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

[@jirdan4870]

Sadly the game is in a very late stage of development so new features are unlikely.

[@1313fina]

@@jirdan4870 I can always inhale Hopium for the next one😅😁

[@goni2493]

​@@1313finaor be like every other AC fan and be miserable as a terminally online twitter user.

[@Agent_3141]

Game looks good. I'm tired of ignoring fun games because everyone hates on it. I love history, I love this series. I'm definitely playing it

[@BoolyK]

Yeah, I think around 2017 people realized Ubisoft wasn't going to innovate on the formula, and when they finally did they got crap. What happens now will result in the death of the IP

[@wolwostv914]

@Agent X I share your opinion 😊

[@losgargabonzi97]

Ok

[@salmankhan2739]

honestly same, I love old AC games and stayed away from Valhalla cause everyone was bashing it until I gave it a try and damn man, its sooo fun. Its not a great AC game but a great Viking game.

[@mcw-lg2dm]

Ac has people spoiled man, they release solid games every year or two and all people do is cry about it.

[@xidjsj1390]

Let's not forget that right after this return-to-form game, we're getting two massive open world valhallha style RPG assassin's creed games

[@garrettlich7140]

Wait red is an rpg, if so fuck my life

[@redhoodie4111]

Mirage may not completely understand Assassin's Creed, but it's definitely a step in the right direction compared to Valhalla and Odyssey. As you said, Mirage's biggest hurtle is that it's a game trying to recapture what made the original games so great while running on the engine that more or less ruined the franchise. I truly think the future of the franchise actually hinges on this game. Not the future of the franchise's continuation, but rather its identity. I have always believed that Assassin's Creed can succeed as an RPG, but it has to be done correctly. I think Egypt was the biggest map an Assassin's Creed game should have ever had. It had 3 major cities with enough in between to keep things interesting in terms of movement and exploration. Odyssey and Valhalla had too much space in between cities, and anything that filled that space was too small. It was small villages with little to no verticality, or caves, or some kind of outpost with no real reason for being there other than to to exist as something to do. While the southern most part of Origins' map was literally just barren desert, everything north of that felt deliberately placed to offer something meaningful. If Mirage does well, it will likely inform a lot about how Codename Red and Codename Hexe are executed. They run on a new engine, so if this does well, that engine may be refined to execute some of Mirage's idea more effectively.

[@Kurikazi117]

I have question though for you it's kinda for me to but do you think they'll continue with this back to the roots gameplay and story or will we just get the same thing we got in Odyssey and Valhalla

[@real_airgot]

@@Kurikazi117 back in September 2022 they confirmed Red would follow the same kinda gameplay as the RPGs (Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla) but we’re unsure about Hexe

[@JAIMEGARCIA-gw9re]

Valhalla was such a disappointment because it was made by the team who made Black Flag and Origins. Valhalla was just so boring and bloated. The open world was poorly some. Combat was worst than Origins and Odyssey.

[@GalaxyXYZ888]

@@JAIMEGARCIA-gw9re it's a good Viking game IMO. Not an Assassins Creed tho, the first one from the main franchise that I bought and never ended.....

[@X_Jxkerz]

@@GalaxyXYZ888 i personally like the rpg's but valhalla was just bad game in general for me

[@jeriah4k218]

I’m not blown away with the gameplay but the level design and the way you can interact with the world to complete objectives takes me back to older ac games. And I think that’s a step in the right direction

[@Fieryxjoe]

On the filter. I think it is a simple attempt to add replayability along with more fleshed out black box missions. The things Ubi will judge this game on are playtime, completion%, player retention. That is what matters in the live service future of AC. If a blue filter that probably took a dev a couple days can get players to do a 2nd playthrough or just spend a few more hours replaying missions in blue it is a good return on investment, almost genius.

[@salmankhan2739]

I compare it to the legacy skins and it makes sense. Wearing Edwards outfit in Egypt doesn't ruin anything, yes its kinda nostalgic but its just an option, a skin/cosmetic for my character the same way the blue filter is a skin/cosmetic for the way the game looks.

[@klaudioladavac]

I don't think this is "return the the roots"...i see it as one last time, one last hurrah, poor final goodbye to everything that was good with Assassin's Creed. It seems like Mirage exists in its own bubble as extension to Valhalla in a way. Codename Jade was also just announced (mobile thing) with flashy magical combat moves and weapons it seems - definitely already far off the "roots". Next big one in line is Japan ( i guess) one we seen tiny teaser and i imagine a massive game, a child of Odyssey and Valhalla that took steroids at some point. It will be marketed yet again as "being a ninja, or being a samurai" instead of being an assassin in AC game. To go to the roots they need to sorta reset everything, all the things and pieces of the story so far, put on table and make a trilogy games around that, new characters, new setting, rebuild from ground up using good story pieces of the past...everything needs to be build around only that so that you have again strong foundation for future games to connect too.

[@dalton5229]

Can't wait for the Japanese AC to just be a bigger, more bloated, less artistic, less fun Ghost of Tsushima. It's disappointing because I spent my teenage years dreaming of a Japanese AC game just for it to finally materialize once I've lost all faith in Ubisoft.

[@Cashdudex]

Bro u are hating purely off speculation 💀

[@LijFrij]

My thoughts on the marksmen shooting the eagle could be explained by way of Basim's story based notoriety. He compromises the creed, and therefore himself, and his eagle also becomes a target. The bird mechanic makes no sense at all, but we don't see his bird in Valhalla, so having him be shot down towards the end of the main story would make perfect sense, and then it would be a really good way for Ubisoft to get rid of the birds altogether. Yes we loved Senu, but we loved her because we loved Bayek, not because she made for a good game mechanic that made any sense whatsoever apart from "bird drone"

[@SergeantAveryJohnson]

yeah senu really felt like she was a part of Bayek. the moment they gave everyone who owned a bird that ability really diminished

[@flying1dead155]

I thought it woulda been cool if when you flew the eagle when you quit like you would drop from the sky where the eagle was not bieng where you started like you possessed the eagle like corvo .

[@naturalfitness-1]

I think what old school AC fans really wanted is a true next gen build from the ground up AC game. That took inspiration from unity. Mirage seems to be a baby step in the right direction but not what we truly wanted.

[@ismaelbouissef4436]

You fans dont even know what you want...when you got rpg games you hated..now you got one closer the old ones and still not satisfiyed....

[@UGLYBOYwrld]

⁠@@ismaelbouissef4436 bro we liked unity it was the UBISOFT executives fault for it being rushed when they know they shoulda waited a little long the ppl who like the RPG in AC are not AC fans to begin with, also ubisoft saw the success of the witcher and desperately tried to copy it this is UBISOFTS fault not the fans

[@ismaelbouissef4436]

@@UGLYBOYwrld Well ac fans or not...many of them were "tired" of the same repetitive story...so dont tell me that ubisoft came up with the idea alone..

[@UGLYBOYwrld]

@@ismaelbouissef4436 same old story? We were left ona cliffhanger after AC3 when desmknd died, they literally copied the witcher

[@ismaelbouissef4436]

@@UGLYBOYwrld Bro ubisoft is not innocent we know that...but the fans are also toxic....and now you got the proof, check out the comments

[@funkykrunc6857]

I promise all of you AC Red is currently getting 10x the support and funding than the team of AC Mirage is getting. It's sad. But im proud of what efforts were made in the detection system and world design.

[@mrgmist488]

The AC and RDR goat uploads once again

[@Fizhy]

Not sure I'd go that far, but I appreciate the sentiment.

[@mrgmist488]

@@Fizhy 😂😂 Nah bro Big yourself up u deserve it

[@thenamelessdemigod]

I’d say him and Lazers is the best assassins creed video makers imo

[@chrismoore5333]

​@@thenamelessdemigod lazzer? Seriously? Uh, OK then.

[@jasonashley9853]

​@@chrismoore5333lazzerzz is actually in touch with what made the first few games of this franchise so great. He understands what has been missing.

[@leev9406]

I see no issues. They're bringing back their old golden cow from the grave just how I remembered it. The infamous half baked must-release-yearly product is making a 'last dance'. They didn't put an effort in this, unsurprisingly. It seems like a statement from them "Look you want this trash back? here it is, we couldn't improve this in the past because we're deluded so we abandoned the template but you miss it so here I give you one for nostalgia"

[@032_m.alfathcirrus5]

Ubi Bordeaux seem to be genuine in their attempt, if this game make banks they deserve better resources and more time to make another game like this but way better.

[@magic200100]

The question is not if it "does" understand AC, but if it "will". The gameplay looks, well, playable. Parkour reminds me more of Origins than Valhalla because there are more things to climb on. I do not believe it is a terrible parkour system but just a convenient one. I would change it to something closer to Unity's or an upgraded version of the Ezio Trilogy's system, but well this was ment as a DLC so yeah... I love that now when you perfectly parry, it rewards you with instant kill. It rewards the players for taking an interest into learning the system, I can respect that. Plus it reminds me of instant counter kills in older games, taking into account that in this game you might as well not be a health tank compared to enemies since the Devs called Basim a glass cannon but that remains yet to be seen. So gameplay-wise, I see that it understands Assassin's Creed, yes. All that remains now is to wait and see how much the plot understands AC. All this in a sentence...so far, so good.

[@GalaxyXYZ888]

Don't you think the parkour feeling is exactly the same as Ezio trilogy? I am debating myself in that. Because for me it's looks the same placement of stuff the same buildings and the same movements just a bit slower I think. I am not saying it is bad but I was expecting a refined version of that like you said. I think he climbed more like Ezio than Bayek. (Edit) I mean no, you are right. Climbing the tower looks like the newer games, but the running part for me it was like I was seeing Ezio but in a different skin and with autopilot on. Idk this stuff is very very tricky to get right even us don't know exactly what we want 😅

[@magic200100]

@@GalaxyXYZ888 I do not see the Ezio Trilogy system here at all. Maybe it has the same rythm due to the environment, but the animations are Ori/Ody/Val all the way. If by any miracle they decide to add side eject feature and grab ledge, I would really think we have a good system here....but that is unlikely.

[@ericdegre3538]

It's hard for me to be optimistic, the "back to the roots" PR they're doing, I already heard it with Unity, and we know how it turned out. Even if some elements look good (emphasis on parkour, crowd blending, etc.), I know it's not gonna be as good as it looks. The automatic parkour, the "nostalgic filter", no modern day, it seems they understand AC only on a superficial level.

[@NINJA4AMERICA]

Looks like the closest thing to an AC game since Syndicate

[@SergeantAveryJohnson]

for me its ghost of Tsushima. had stealth nice combat. you could probably just rename the samurai as assassins give them hidden blades and make the bad guys templars and you have a better ac game than the last 3 games combined

[@NINJA4AMERICA]

@@SergeantAveryJohnson yeah I meant out of just the AC games

[@SergeantAveryJohnson]

@@NINJA4AMERICA yeah i know i just like making the joke that a different studio has made a closer ac game without attempting to than ubisoft

[@rafaoliva5451]

I love how at 1:38 one of the guards politely waits for Roshan to kick him of the ledge 😂

[@joecroft4274]

My problem with the focus ability is exactly as you out it. It just looks like teleportation. Don't get me wrong its still pretty cool, reminds me of the Middle Earth games but in an AC context I'd like to actually see someone do something that could be percieved as super human but is actually just as Basim is, in a state of extreme focus and not just teleporting around. Arkham City did an incredible job to implmenet this exact mechanic with their fear takedown where Batman quickly dashes across the room disabling the threats in a given area which can be upgraded from 3 takedowns to 5 or 6 throughout the game. It was defintiely ridiculous in concept for batman to be outspeeding bullets and speed blitzing a room of guards without any resistance but to actually see him move whilst doing this and not just teleport around really captivated players. If Mirage implement this instead of their instant teleport animation I will be thoroughly impressed

[@Sully2001]

I’m just praying that a “return to the roots” includes me being able to equip and use my hidden blades. It didn’t bother me in Origins but I need that feature back ASAP😂Other than that nitpick, I’m honestly so freaking hyped for this game.

[@abdullahcomam]

Always a good day when Fizhy uploads, been watching you since 2016

[@angelfire1987]

I've been watching Fizhy since 1066.

[@xzxasxadxas]

AC Red, which is said to be a stealth-focused shinobi, ninja style game based on the Japanese Brotherhood, but there might also be a Samurai. Therefore, it may be like AC Syndicate or Dishonored 2. That's meant to be the next step in the RPG AC formula, but the looks of it, it will probably be a stealth RPG game. After that, AC Hexe (set during the Witch Trials rumoured to be in Germany) will be more horror stealth according to rumours and hints from Ubisoft. Darby McDevitt and (Ubisoft Montreal) is working on Hexe, whilst the Odyssey team (Ubisoft Quebec) is working on Red.

[@SergeantAveryJohnson]

no matter what Ubisoft do that game is going to get heavily compare to Tsushima which at times felt more ac like than the ac games of recent years. they better have a new engine to rival that game

[@a3a222]

@@SergeantAveryJohnson This engine is cancer for AC

[@anthonyshanklin4449]

totally agree with you! I really hope they try again after this game with even more parkour freedom, better facial animations, and no crazy powers, and an overall better "return to roots".

[@Longshanks1690]

Nevermind Mirage, we’ve got an AC game in VR with everyone’s favourite characters Kassandra, Connor and Ezio(‘s stunt double since they couldn’t get the real thing) coming up!!! C’mon guys, how could they POSSIBLY screw that one up? 😅

[@chrismoore5333]

Yuck. Kassandra.

[@MrHazz111]

House of the Dragon, Muhammed and Ayesha, Assassin's creed, Starfield, you're just everywhere, aren't you?

[@droppedmycap1594]

They just gave us AC1-2 with shallower parkour and updated graphics. It looks like the parkour consists of holding the leftstick forward and navigating linear paths that they've laid out for you to traverse the city. As oppose to being creative, inputting various button combinations to perform different maneuvers for flow and faster traversal. Its cool that they're going back, but add to it. We've already seen bench assassinations, whistle in bushes, sleep darts, ledge assassinations. Add new mechanics, spice it up. Maybe hired mercenaries using social stealth to try and hunt you down. Idk something 🤷‍♂️

[@nicowasheremate]

Considering how everything is based on Valhalla’s engine and the team only had around 2 years (the time between AC1 and AC2, where heaps of animations and graphics and mechanics were literally reused and the games weren’t as complex) it’s fair to give this game a chance I dont speak for the higher-ups, but a lot of the dev team real passionate about making this as good of an “Assassin” game as possible with what they had to work with

[@robertjv]

The visuals honestly look very similar to Origins and Odessey. Looking back at the older games like ac1, ac2- revelations, ac3, ac4 and unity. The graphic style is different. In the more newer ac games it looks the same just different environments. It plays the same as origins- valhalla

[@VaneWalker]

I hope the new studio behind this game gets an opportunity and budget to develop a AC game from the ground up.

[@noosman16]

people forget that this game is not supposed to be next gen but on the contrary supposed to work on old consoles at 60fps 😕

[@MrSufHu]

Given this was supposed to be a dlc. It looks pretty good let’s be honest. I think the hate it’s getting is misdirected.

[@FluffyJackie]

I doubt that a really good Assassin's Creed can come into existence under Ubisoft (at least as it is now), but I fear we have to buy this one (if it's an honest attempt by the team that made it) to show Ubisoft what sells well in terms of AC and not buy the ones that are planned (Hex, Jade, etc.) to show what doesn't.

[@JamesSmith-ny2gb]

From what I’ve seen, a seemingly genuine return to form despite the restrictions of Valhalla’s engine, a great setting, a good sounding soundtrack, a promising story and about the best character in Valhalla I’m curious despite the issues I have such as the teleportation abilities and the glowing sword during combat the game looks decent. Not expecting ezio trilogy level brilliance but from what I see it is going to be pretty good at least

[@Kregexx]

2:18 how on god's green earth do you not know what that is? it's been talked about 3 times in 3 different assassin's creed shows. (ubi forward, mirage development ep 1, and ubi's ac twitter video)

[@dirtyhairy4495]

People watched those?😐

[@Saviorcomplex-j]

The reason why the blue tones was used in AC1 was to show how dull and dreary it was to live under the Templar control. But a bright and vibrant colour scheme would make it seem not so bad at all.

[@No-cz7xw]

Game looks amazing and it’s still a work in progress so I’m sure everything will be better once it finished

[@PhattyBolger]

Am I the only one who thought the ledge assassination was a big retcon? Supposedly, Altair and Malik developed the assassination techniques that are shown in the codex. Air, ledge, and hidden assassinations. But, Basim seems to use two of them here around 340 years before hand. I know they're included for gameplay and what would the game be without them? But, I can just imagine Altair, as the mentor of the Assassins, explaining these new techniques to everyone only for them to say they've been using those for centuries.

[@SergeantAveryJohnson]

i mean the ledge assassination was in origins as well. i believe Altair brought many methods back. Bayek introduced tools like poison and smoke. but later on the creed changed and thought it wasn't right to use these tools. then Altair took over using the apple and starting bringing back certain traditions

[@Aatrox_Darkin]

I could always appreciate opinions like this from an OG fan, skepticism is good in this case because we had been tricked too many times by these big name developers, especially Ubisoft, I was almost convinced by this trailer demo, but now I'm not gonna pay until the full game release.

[@lemoi08]

i have to say i love ac origins, its my favourite ac game. i didnt play odyssey for more than 2 hours and havnt played valhalla but origins was friggin awesome

[@youtubeuserkine]

a way they could explain the "teleportation" is maybe that it doesnt understand how to render the djinn/loki powers? maybe there will be one or two abilities that the djinn provides to basim which may have "poorly rendered" the effects that are surrounding basim? kind of a cop out if ubi goes a route like that but if its unexplaind you're right that it might as well be teleportation.

[@triplezeroxz5875]

In regards to the bird 1. We can't assume this is Basims first job. So the enemy could expect he's coming at this point, recognize that Basim uses a messenger bird of sorts to call out troop positions. Much like.... 2. Bayek, who came before him, who also had a bird, who was at first a Medjay with a long career of Assassin work afterwards. His enemies as well may have noted the bird and started placing archers to shoot his and others like it down. TLDR- Archers do make sense.

[@masterchief6162]

Didn’t they specifically say that the demo starts off right after his first target assassination? And if it’s so obvious that the eagle is an assassin drone that needs to be assassinated then why don’t they target the bird in Valhalla? You could argue that the difference of location could have an effect but I think the more realistic reason is that they wanted to bring back eagle vision but they couldn’t have the eagle exist without some sort of nerf because of how overpowered that ability is. After all they are trying to return to the roots.

[@triplezeroxz5875]

@Master Chief If they did then that only adds credence to my first point. Also we're talking about a dev (Ubisoft) who's kinda making it up as they go along since AC1. We can't assume they knew they were going to need to do this. Otherwise they would have archers in Valhalla too.

[@masterchief6162]

@@triplezeroxz5875how would 1 assassination that he does tell them that the eagle is a tool that the assassin uses. Bayek been using senu his whole life and senu never got actively targeted

[@triplezeroxz5875]

@Master Chief Because Ubisoft is making this up as they go along. In retrospect if they wanted to remake Origins I'm sure they would add archers after a certain point in the game.

[@imnotkiddingg]

i think were over looking the story also being a return to roots for assassins creed, not just the gameplay, im excited for a classic assassins creed story and i hope that means a cool modern day leading up to something and interesting cryptic lore, we all knew this game was going to feel like valhalla doing its best middle eastern impression, lets hope the story feels like its not.

[@romerojackson4405]

So this Batman's fear take down but with teleportation.

[@trumpflavourednugget9325]

I'm mostly interested in the stealth, it looks promising and hopefully Mirage has a decent story too. Parkour is exactly what I expected: Same as Valhalla but with good level design.

[@realisticman9549]

If they linked back to the original AC modern story it would make any game instantly better as there would be a narrative. Gameplay alone isn't enough - when they killed Desmond they killed AC. They need to link back and continue the story they never finished - Juno, pieces of Eden etc.

[@ryanhand5036]

I disagree about wishing we saw main content! I feel way more convinced seeing a chunk of actual run of the mill gameplay than a cherry-picked set piece.

[@chrismoore5333]

Agreed mate!

[@jeremychollar]

AC1 was just sci-fi. DNA, ancestor memories, etc. Valhalla/Origins started introducing mythic elements that make if feel closer to a cartoon. Just like what happened with The Matrix franchise: sci-fi at first, then ghosts and werewolves....

[@simonandsimbagaming]

It's insane that Assassin's Creed 2, a game released 14 years ago, has better and more expressive facial animations than Mirage.

[@angelfire1987]

Love your videos Fizhy; been watching you since 1066.

[@LeThougLiphe]

Thank you for bringing these thoughts to the public, as those who share it appear to be quite few apparently. I think it's my time to move on from this franchise. It just doesn't do it for me anymore.

[@GalickGun]

Honestly, if the telporting thing is sped up A LOT more, I wouldn't mind it. That thing took ages to finish executing in the gameplay trailer.

[@BigDrandy911]

I’m pretty sure they shoot down the bird in case of a carrier pigeon like in ac2 but idk

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

Mirage looks very interesting to me I loved the characters in valhalla so a continuation of that while going back to its root intrigues me

[@a3a222]

You played only Valhalla?

[@captainrogergaming83]

I’m so glad and happy to hear this from someone on KZbin as well watching this feels so mmh especially the talking cutscene I really enjoyed watching your videos really deep dive to what makes ac a real ac game it truly saddens me to see that they want us to be excited for the beer minimum we have been looking for years the only thing I can see that can save this game for me is the story let it be good

[@pedrogoncalves5783]

For my point and perspective, seeing AC for the last few years, it has bring a lot of nostalgia for the community, but I say that AC mirage does bring the actual context of Assassin´s creed, you see that it does bring the War of the Hidden Ones with the Order of the ancients, but we are taking the life of a Hidden one, doing actual assassinations against members of the order, as in Valhalla, we are just taking control of a viking doing assassinations for hire, if that makes sense, like, what was the point bringing the hidden ones in AC Valhalla, and still not get a story of an assassin, and still the gameplay does quite a bit of the new feautures, but I think that if they did shown a Story mission, then it would spoil of what we are gonna do in the mission when we get our hands in the game, missing the whole point of being hyped to play the whole story mission, and I see the point that bringing a teleportation it´s not a good decision, because it would be miss the point of being an actual assassin gameplay, not having features of the Animus effect, and putting the fear takedown of Arkham series and apply to the assassin focus of Basim, but we have to get closer of the target, and that would make sense, I hope they hear the community after they finish the game.

[@scruffyspacepig_7057]

The newer things like the “teleportation” and bird abilities are very clearly optional things that you can simply choose not to acknowledge in game. I think the game does a pretty good job at returning closely to the roots of the original game while still innovating.

[@debonair007]

as a person who enjoys orgins and unity throughly i will be playing this.

[@divinium33]

I share the exact same opinions that you and lazerzz share pretty much and you nailed it with the analysis of the gameplay and answering the question. It hard to praise, I was expecting a bit more but it’s a DLC at best just rebranded as a standalone game so massive changes shouldn’t be expected. I wonder how it would affect future titles like the stealth and rpg elements etc, I’m tired of the ancient trilogy style of gameplay it’s just too jank, generic and boring

[@rukna3775]

it needs to be gritty. ac 1 was this gritty, cold place with cold people. miss it

[@richarddavies5674]

I like all the AC games & dont really have a problem with any other than Unity & Syndicate didn't really use the historical setting in the best way. AC4 was a cool pirate game. Odyssey was an ancient Rome game & Valhalla was a viking game. I don't have a problem with the games having a different identity to AC whilst using the brand name is not an issue for me

[@benedapal7987]

Someone really needs to bust open and evolve the original AC parkour system... Imagine a system where movement was an actual part of gameplay and not an automated animation think death stranding but with parkour

[@gsxii1292]

My only issue is the Assassin focus ability, It functions like Fear factor in Arkham Knight, but in Arkham Knight, u can actually see the Animation u just teleport without even a strategic placement of the ability unlike in Arkham Knight, it looks very weird and it draws u out of the immersion in the game. Apart from that the city looks amazing and was built with parkour in mind even though the latter needs rework. Being an Arab, this is fascinating to me visiting one of the most amazing cities in our history and the accuracy in translating the feel and culture of the place. Moreover, the Arabic pronunciation is really good and it is gonna be especially brilliant to play it with Arabic audio. My only hope is that the story is engaging and good ,otherwise it would be a total disaster.

[@Danno5894]

They should have made it like glitchy almost as you move super fast.

[@thehiddenone2875]

I like to imagine Basim is just running very quickly in the teleport animation however it should be a running animation by default

[@guitarman0365]

and because he uses all his energy doing those moves thats why he slogs around the rest of the time lol

[@grabsak]

Day one, Assassin's Creed player here. I gotta be honest. The way the video started. It felt like you were just gonna hate on the game just to hate. But I agree with the different points you made. This feels like it was 100% intended to be an Assassin's Creed Valhalla DLC. Something happened early on or midway through the development of the game that they were told to make it a full game. At the same time It does feel like they're actually trying to go back to basics for this one. It has the classic tells of an Assassin's Creed game with the character models and expressions. They've never really gotten that down. Hopefully they'll pull thru and make a good game. Cause as of right now,.it's not looking too good

[@WarriorStarXI2005]

Well I’ve played some of the Old assassin’s creed games as a throwback hopefully Mirage is good ❤

[@noahgettheark]

"RpG bAd!" That's all I ever hear and it's fucking ridiculous people are still complaining about it.

[@SebCarrasco]

Speaking of “diegetic”: I have no idea why from Odyssey till-now Mirage, the menus don’t feel, sound, or look like they’re produced by the Animus. I mean for goodness sake, they have the assets from Origins, let alone games like Syndicate (which say what you will about the game from a story standpoint) it truly felt like you’re in an Animus sim. Valhalla is probably the worst in this regards, and while Mirage certainly doesn’t seem so bad, it would be nice to return to THAT root.

[@okami8725]

Brooo same I miss hearing the animus whem I was going through the menu

[@John-kd2tc]

Ubisoft needs to completely reboot the Assassin's Creed series. They need to create a new grounded universe with some altered version of the same history. There shouldn't be immortal characters or any other ridiculous stuff. They should also get an interesting modern-day character like a better version of Desmond. The games need to be more connected to the new modern protagonist than Desmond for his games.

[@sergioo283]

With all due respect assassins creed 1 2 3 and black flag by far the best games I ever played

[@witchywoman2008]

My thing is that whilst it certainly looks like Assassin’s Creed in a lot of ways, it doesn’t give me the feel of AC. I loved AC1 so if this truly was a homage to AC1, I would be excited. But I’m not. So something isn’t right here. And I agree with your thoughts on the Valhalla engine and the Valhalla story. Ultimately this is still part of the overall Valhalla story, so maybe that’s why I just can’t get too excited about it.

[@kreideprintz]

I just find it baffling how going back to the roots is such a hard task for a game that's literally part of the same franchise as the Ezio Trilogy and AC1. All they'd have to do is go back and see what made those games great, understand why many people love it and follow that. I guess it's hard to be passionate and dedicate significant amounts of time and patience to such a game when the artists and dev team is probably constantly pushed to the limits by the greed of the company.

[@trustymccoolguy4259]

The multi-kill should be done like the odyssey one, where the camera aims at the enemy, and the player pops up from just off screen, implying that they just ran over there, not teleported

[@MHPCollecting]

I wonder if we will get a look into his wife and child, i know in Valhalla Basim shares a story with Eivor about his wife and child being murdered.. Anyway great video 😎✌️

[@juliet4093]

Why did they have to add that teleporting thing, it doesn’t fit with what people want I don’t think

[@m.r4841]

If you don't want it don't use it

[@thesfnb.5786]

11:26 I love the explanation, but I also agree with you here

[@daniiitoma]

I’m claiming at least some sort of credit for the Basim got his wolf t shirt in a New England airport gift shop theory. I remember commenting that on one of your Valhalla vids or streams a few years ago. And yea if only this was the game that came out after Origins instead of the atrocity that was Odessey, atp I don’t have any real excitement left for this franchise.

[@AttakusZakus]

It’s the Gaming equivalent of being edged. So close to being exactly what we want, but still held back by some means. That means? The awful Origins/Odyssey/Valhalla engine and Ubisoft’s need to be a company and make loads of money off a easily marketable brand name.

[@LeMelleKH2]

the bird was not shot down in the ganmeplay footage. It clearly shows that Enkidu flees until you take out the marksman

[@Kurt20051YT]

I don't comment much and I'm not sure if you'll see this but I'll ask anyway. I've been watching you since 2017, I came for the AC videos but I also stayed for the rest. Since we're finally getting what seems to be a more proper AC game, will you be covering the game more often in the future and once it releases? Possibly a playthrough stream or review? Although I enjoy your other content as well, I've been hoping for the AC videos to return for a while now.

[@dylanrinker6831]

About as well as marvel understanding what good writing is

[@terrellthaddies7867]

Ok. Weird comparison when not everything in Marvel is "bad"

[@dylanrinker6831]

@@terrellthaddies7867 have you seen phase 4?

[@gamermagazin3116]

@@terrellthaddies7867 but it can be still soulless. Even the best Marvel movies dont have greater themstic and a good AC story require something deeper. There is nothing wrong with pure entertainment but games can be more than that.

[@dylanrinker6831]

@@gamermagazin3116 not the current ac games

[@trustymccoolguy4259]

That wall is the main assassinations I think, not “side assassinations” They said the game is small with only a few “regions” and each region having a different leader and you have to do eavesdropping and whatnot to figure out who it is, then assassinate them.

[@doctorsam5771]

I love the city, art style, clothe physics. The parkour looks serviceable still albeit not upto par with non rpg games but the character models and cutscenes look horrendous, AA Eurojank level horrendous

[@idk_fc]

Ultimately I have still pre-ordered the collectors edition still cause I love assassin's creed to much to give up on it

[@BreakHarpe]

I extremely excited!!! Its been a long time since ive been excited for a game especially on next gen. I just discovered Origins in april on gamepass and i love it!! Im on my 2nd playthrough & after im done with the dlc ill move on to Origins & when I'm done I'll move on to Odyssey. I have no plans on playing Valhalla b/c i dont like the setting nor the gameplay, but im so hyped about Mirage

[@cletusobute3396]

Who noticed Basim's running animations where faster in the back to roots video compared to the gameplay video 🤔

[@frightenedmule194]

Although its not exactly a “return to roots” but it is a stepping stone! Meaning Ubisoft might see how in demand the original style is and improve it. Slowly removing these rpg elements(resources, enemy bars etc). Getting a trilogy with Basim would be interesting bc with each game they could improve and make the parkour more unity like. Story wise it could mean Basim is becoming a better assassin so he becomes more stylish and smoother throughout the games!

[@SergeantAveryJohnson]

i mean health bars were there since ac 2 so i don't mind them but this game i feel will never pull the rpg numbers. each rpg has been their highest-sold games so unless mirage can match that I don't see it happening. especially when the new game after this is confirmed as an rpg again

[@memecliparchives2254]

​@@SergeantAveryJohnsonYeah. Imagine my surprise that these people who hate the RPG elements are dumb enough to bot see that health bars and levels did exist since AC2 in little elements and even Unity. What?! 😱 Unity had health bars too? And level gating damage sponge health in combat? And microtransactions? Yeah, I can't imagine.

[@TheNinjaCoby]

It's been three non-assassin's creed like games, so with what they have shown it is looking good trying to bring back the OG formula. With AC1 being the first and only Assassin creed I've played I do hope this can capture some of that magic. I however know to never preorder. Overall how Basim been portrayed in Valhalla it does make it difficult to take this character seriously in the more return to form of Assassin creed.

[@unc54]

I'm of a similar mindset but I'm more optimistic. There, unfortunately, is the fact that everything has to be prefaced with "given the engine and resources" whenever we offer praise to the game but I do find a genuine passion for AC that I feel hasn't been seen for nearly a decade and I think that has given me an optimistic outlook on the game. Also, I think I like Basim more than you. The Basim/Sigurd/Eivor plotline (ignoring the dream sequences) was one of the better things to come out of Valhalla and I thought that Valhalla should have used him a lot more than it actually did.

[@RiverOtter404]

I will point out that other game have animus abilities, for example unity is full of it, Arno can if you think logically duplicate himself turn into random npc’s, oh and go to ww2, Eivie can go invisible, I think as long as they give a good explanation I’m ok with the ‘teleportation’

[@damizan8331]

nah, man. Unity's the best because of it's superior parkour. Due to that, people seems to forgot that Arno can shapeshift. It never happened. *Sarcasm btw*

[@TheJazzGuy75]

The disguise system could be played off as him blending or even changing his outfit, and Evie can be seen as much so good as stealth she’s not seen. Assassin Focus is literally just teleporting… there’s no excuse there.

[@damizan8331]

@@TheJazzGuy75 Sure Evie's stealth so good she can literally stand in front of enemies and be invisible

[@TheJazzGuy75]

@@damizan8331 I’m not excusing it completely, they both had gamey elements, but overall they didn’t totally break your immersion because it assisted in your objective in a unique way, either helping you sneak in or around somewhere.

[@codex9279]

@@TheJazzGuy75 assassin focus could be seen as Basim being so fast and skilled at assassination that to the victims it appears as if he comes out of no where.

[@ShadowFlame420]

i think it would be cool to play a templar that turns assassin later in the game

[@RealityZGaming]

To me, it'll be one of two games for me: 1.) A proper 1st step in the right direction for returning AC back to what the game actually fucking is. 2.) Valhalla with an "assassin's creed" paint job but a game that I'll tolerate due to it's setting, time period and characters.

[@H_cked]

i think i might watch the full video tommorow, wifi right now is slow as potato molasses

[@ArnnFrost]

10:09 this is literally a Shadow Of Mordor skill, the ghost teleportation kill thingy xD I don't exactly dislike this, but it would've been cooler if instead of teleporting they let us call other assassins to take out the marked enemies then disappear or something similar.

[@vincentthendean7713]

They could've made the jumps a skill issue like how the new spider-man game lets you boost from perches. That plus ejects and ledge grabs to separate boys from men.

[@Chineseisntalanguageapparently]

As someone who’s stuck in the ps3 era until I get a pc, I’m excited to play unity and skip the rpg trilogy until after mirage and then like origins for what it did and not like how it’s not enough as for lore and try to enjoy my time with odyssey and Valhalla ig…

[@jacobhess4609]

I like the direction there going in but I feel it might be held back a lil bit by the engine. I feel if they keep makin the games abt assassins they might get it right eventually

[@mariosoares5431]

I've seen people get hyped about AC titles, only for the game to come out and us being disappointed. Initially I saw the general reaction of the community to Mirage and thought that the vast majority of people were just making the same mistake of believing that Ubisoft actually cares about AC. But I must say, since looking at the trailers with more attention I'm starting to see that the pieces that make an AC game might be coming together. And with that followed by this video, you make a good argument, we need to give Ubisoft some pats on the back for this xD Them as a company first gauge our initial reception and then I assume they'll look at sales, mainly. The more we show appreciation for what they're doing the more they'll think there really are customers waiting for a more "back to the roots" game. When I first saw the very realistic and historically accurate teleportation, I was happy!! It looked cool, AC has always had sci-fi elements, so it didn't bother me too much but especially I was just glad to see the devs trying out new things!! I definitely don't want this game to just be old AC all over again, things like that chain assassination and the marksman shooting at the eagle (the whole eagle gimmick was cool in Origins imo, but it's overused now and it dulls the gameplay when it comes to scoping enemies so I appreciate the devs deactivating it every now and then, regardless of whether or not it makes sense XD) I thought were really cool additions. I saw it as an attempt to actually create new mechanics by building on top of some of the things the previous titles have done. I think that's the spirit, there has to be a middle ground, not straight up just copy everything that has been done previously and not reinventing the wheel but actually continue to build upon the gameplay elements that are good. Another youtuber pointed out that they'd like to see the entire movement of Basim performing the whole chain kill and I changed my mind. I think if they did the chain kill like they used to do those combat combos in AC3 or 4, like a "mini stylized cutscene" that could be even cooler! But I'll take teleportation. I want to mention that yeah to me AC isn't just there existing assassins, it's the whole package, the tone of the game, story, lore, and I'd like a proper modern world too (if possible, I suppose ;-; ) My opinion on answering your question (and ignoring the possibility of higher ups pulling the wrong strings, as they tend to do), no, I really didn't think they did. On trailers alone, more recently I think that maybe they do, more leaning to thinking they might not understand it. But what I didn't know is that it's actually Ubisoft Bordeaux working on Mirage. Like I said in a previous comment, I think AC needs some new devs to take the lead of this franchise, as the old teams don't seem to understand AC, in my eyes. This makes things a lot different. I have a ton of respect for game developers, and they not only deserve the chance to make a good game, but they shouldn't be underestimated. They've earned this chance, and so far they haven't done anything to really tip me of for this being a cash grab. Not to get all Dutch Van der Linde in here but I'm starting to have some faith. I'd say that so far, it looks somewhat likely that they understand AC!! (I wouldn't quite say probable yet, somewhat likely is where I'm standing ahah). But even if the game isn't perfect, there can always be "a second Mirage". It was mostly AC2 that took the world by storm, but we wouldn't have that game if we hadn't supported the first Assassin's Creed when it showed up. Not buying it on day one tho xDD

[@GalaxyXYZ888]

I mean its complicated..... they new to make it fresh but to maintain the fealing. But this is almost 100% the AC1 or Ezio. I mean at this point maybe it's better to make a full remake, REMAKE not remaster of Ezio trilogy but idk.... Or maybe doing a truly assassin game but from the ground up and not in some other engine. Maybe then it's good idk.... It's very very tricky

[@IAMBRAIN]

Ac mirage gives me Ac 1 vibes with current Ac looking game.